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And what precisely is blasting a QB with exactly two career starts under his belt going to do aside from destroy his confidence? We already saw Goltz's nerves come up during the game .. let's put more pressure on the guy to perform. In all honesty, Burke was quite candid (with both the pros and cons) and very even keeled in his assessment of the game. He's also right in that a few more plays on the offensive side of the ball .. this could have been a much different game than it was. There are going to be growing pains .. and ANYONE who thought Goltz would come in and shoot the lights out was sadly mistaken .. guys have to learn to win .. learn how to play through adversity .. learn to play together. For Goltz, it's learning to battle (and keep things level) when things aren't going his way .. a guy has to be allowed to make mistakes .. so that he can develop.

Better athleticism .. better range .. if nothing else it allows him some latitude to react to mental lapses .. he *IS* an upgrade over Logan in that he has a much higher ceiling

Same MO of every defence that will face us .. stop the run and make the QB beat you with his arm .. Goltz is still too eratic at this point (and I don't advocate pulling or sitting him because he needs reps to improve and develop) but you shut down Simpson .. you shut down this offense.

I absolutely agree with you. Being at the games .. you can tell people WANT to cheer .. they WANT to explode .. they WANT to rally behind something exciting .. part of it is new digs .. part of it is needing something to believe in .. unfortunately, it's going to take a drastic improvement offensively .. I don't see that happening in the short term.

The problem with the offensive line is that I don't see anyone on our current roster as a guy who has a mean streak .. who can, hat on hat, drive a guy off the line .. Pencer may be that guy but we won't seem him at all this year .. and who knows if he'll hold up physically ..

It's apathy .. and I know it's setting in for a lot of people .. it's really hard to rally around the team when there's constant futility (at least on one side of the ball) .. it's also why something like Swaggerville blew up like it did .. it was exciting .. the guys were making plays and winning us games .. people WANT something to get behind but for the most part people simply expect a "meh" performance.

No we didn't. 11 carries in the first - 8 in the second (we had less offense overall in the second half). Statistically, we were less effective running the ball after the break .. 8 carries for 28 yards for a 3.5 yard average whereas in the first we were averaging 5 yards a tote and putting ourselves in a more manageable situation from a down and distance perspective.

Beast Jovon Johnson - tight coverage and solid tackling. Really ontop of his game last night both mentally and physically. Woods - watching him truck Bighill was the highlight of the night for me. Bum Clarence Denmark - loved his past contributions but he simply isn't playing well enough to warrant his spot on the roster. Woods - is he supposed to be shifty or speedy because he's flashed neither ability so far and put the ball on the ground again.

Honestly though (and this is me looking for a silver lining more than anything else), Matthews makes a couple of plays .. squeezes the ball .. the outcome of that game could be much different. A catch inside the redzone to move the chains .. a catch coming out of the shadow of our own endzone helps us manage field position ..

My life the last week has been weird .. thought I was the one losing his mind .. new found respect for what Chris Garrett went through .. but yeah, usually these holiday games start much earlier.

It's all good .. ;-)

CFL website shows the game at 7pm EST .. something change?

I knew that co-op you have was starting to rub off on you.

The first thing that jumps out at me is the investment in "blue chip" offensive lineman. They have 4 first round picks on their offensive line. Whereas our offensive line is comprised of millends / cast offs from around the league. This team hasn't made building a strong offensive line a priority and it shows through the constant struggles we have on that side of the ball (regardless of coach / oc). Just my first impression.

^^^ very easy to demand change .. harder to implement a solution ..

At least terrible tackling isn't unique to the blue n gold .. Wow ..this game is there for Hamilton to take

Geezus. Reilly keeps taking shots like that he won't last the night. Edmonton's line is terrible.

Unless it's in an effort to replace one (or both) of our existing tackles. Boatman, as far as I'm concerned, has no business starting on our line as an import .. his performance doesn't justify it.

Simpson and Sheets

He brought Toronto closer

All hail the database

Simple fact is that the organization has finally woken up and realized they need continuity at the most important position on the field.

Hell, we only won a few of those games because the defense put points on the board .. It's not all Pierce and his magical ability to finish a game.

Calvillo wasn't happy that he wasn't putting up gaudy stats and was more than ready to throw a new head coach under the bus. 2-3 isn't terrible and should have been expected coming out the gate with a new staff .. new system. There were going to be struggles. Hawkins really wasn't given a chance to work through them.

Little surprised they gave a rookie head coach 5 games to prove himself. Firing Hawkins is an admission that his hiring was a colossal mistake.